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The WPS push button (center, blue) on a wireless router showing the symbol defined by the Wi-Fi Alliance for this function. Wi-Fi Protected Setup ( WPS) originally, Wi-Fi Simple Config, is a network security standard to create a secure wireless home network . Created by Cisco and introduced in 2006, the purpose of the protocol is to allow home ...
TP-Link. TP-Link is a Singaporean electronics manufacturer of network equipment and smart home products. [ 2] The company was established in 1996 in China, separated from Chinese TP-LINK in 2022, and has announced a corporate restructuring in May 2024. [ 3] TP-Link has headquarters in Singapore and the United States, and 42 subsidiaries ...
Gargoyle (router firmware) Gargoyle is a free OpenWrt -based Linux distribution for a range of wireless routers based on Broadcom, Atheros, MediaTek and others chipsets, [ 2][ 3] Asus Routers, Netgear, Linksys and TP-Link routers. Among notable features is the ability to limit and monitor bandwidth and set bandwidth caps per specific IP address ...
Port forwarding. In computer networking, port forwarding or port mapping is an application of network address translation (NAT) that redirects a communication request from one address and port number combination to another while the packets are traversing a network gateway, such as a router or firewall.
Routers often incorporate a digital subscriber line modem or a cable modem and a Wi-Fi access point, are frequently set up in homes and other buildings, to provide Internet access for the structure. Similarly, battery-powered routers may include a mobile broadband modem and a Wi-Fi access point. When subscribed to a cellular data carrier, they ...
A wireless router or Wi-Fi router is a device that performs the functions of a router and also includes the functions of a wireless access point. It is used to provide access to the Internet or a private computer network. Depending on the manufacturer and model, it can function in a wired local area network, in a wireless-only LAN, or in a ...
OpenWrt (from open wireless router) is an open-source project for embedded operating systems based on Linux, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are Linux, util-linux, musl, [4] and BusyBox. All components have been optimized to be small enough to fit into the limited storage and memory available in ...
Linksys Holdings, Inc. Linksys Holdings, Inc., is an American brand of data networking hardware products mainly sold to home users and small businesses. It was founded in 1988 by the couple Victor and Janie Tsao, both Taiwanese immigrants to the United States. [ 1] Linksys products include Wi-Fi routers, mesh Wi-Fi systems, Wifi extenders ...